SYKPPRA10B Foundations of Nursing 2 Course description

Passed the second year of the programme.

• Completed course SYKK/SYKP1010 Foundations of Nursing 1, 15 ECTS.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has knowledge of research in a selected area in the field of pharmacy
• has basic knowledge of key scientific methods and different research designs
• is familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of the research method applied in his/her own project
• is familiar with research ethics related to his/her own project

Skills

The student is capable of

• making use of research-based knowledge, planning and carrying out a methodological academic project in cooperation with others, in accordance with academic requirements for the completion of the thesis
• obtaining relevant literature and integrating it with his/her own academic knowledge; in his/her own project
• describing, analysing and discussing the topic of the thesis and the research question in relation to other published scientific work
• carrying out independent literature searches and using references in a consistent and correct manner
• oral and written academic/scientific reflection and independent assessment of his/her own bachelor's thesis
• discussing, assessing and arguing for his/her own opinions by taking on the role as both opponent and respondent

General competence

The student

• is capable of combining academic knowledge and relevant results from research in a written thesis

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• explain normal ageing processes
• describe how people's needs change with age and in connection with health deficits
• describe people's reactions in the event of crises and loss
• describe how to address fundamental needs and dignity in patients with extensive needs
• is familiar with patient records and how to keep records as a nurse
• is familiar with the role of nurses and other relevant professions in the field of practice

Skills

The student

• can assess deficit in patients’ own care resources and observe, assess and implement appropriate measures to relieve complaints and compensate for personal care deficits
• can implement and justify person-centred nursing to take care of the fundamental physiological and psychosocial needs and resources
• can apply and justify hygiene principles
• can document, under supervision, nursing in the unit’s documentation system
• can communicate with patients and next-of-kin about their experiences
• can reflect on ethical difficulty situations by applying the SME model (systematic model for ethical reflection)
• can describe symptoms and signs that death is imminent and reflecting on death as a phenomenon

General competence

The student

• can integrate knowledge from relevant subjects when discussing the nursing discipline, based on the steps in evidence-based practice (EBP)
• can relate to patients, next-of-kin and colleagues in accordance with professional and ethical principles for nurses
• can understand what it means to be in need of help and dependent on others
• can reflect on power and dependency in the relationship between nurse and patient
• can reflect on his/her own communication and behaviour when dealing with patients, staff and fellow students
• can demonstrate accuracy and reliability in the performance of work related to practice
• can take initiative and show responsibility in planning and carrying out own practice in meetings with patients, next-of-kin and colleagues

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• a minimum attendance requirement of 80% in the bachelor's thesis start-up week
• a minimum attendance requirement of 80% at concluding seminars with oral presentations

Exam content: The learning outcomes

Exam form:

1) A written thesis in groups of 3-6 students. For groups of 3-4 students, the scope of the thesis should be approx. 10,000 words (+/- 10 %) and approx. 12,000 words (+/- 10 %) for groups of 5-6 students. The thesis can be written in either English or Norwegian.

2) Individual oral exam of up to 30 minutes. Students can take the oral exam in either English or Norwegian.

The written thesis must be awarded a grade of A-E in order for the student to be permitted to take the oral exam. The written thesis is awarded a preliminary grade. The final grade is set after the oral exam. The whole grade scale can be used when the final grade is set.;;;;;;;;;

Students can appeal the grade awarded for the written part of the exam.

All aids are permitted for the written part of the exam. The student can bring a copy of his/her bachelor's thesis to the oral exam.

Grade scale A-F.

One external and one internal examiner.

Part 1 Contact lecturer approves the exam after recommendation from the practical training supervisor. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.

Part 2 Minimum four internal and one external examiner.

The examiner awards points according to predetermined checklists with criteria based on learning outcomes in the course.

SYKKPRA10 and SYKPPRA10 are fully overlapping.